I only know the basis of it, so I'd have to be filling a lot of gaps.

Have you been angry typing?

publishers website, www.flyingpencil.nl, and will soon also be available in the U.S. and in the UK. Getting copies to their distribution depot in Houston has not been easy, so bear with us. Someone driving a boat into a bridge and the threat of increased import taxes has inflated shipping costs./end

"Glider-Riders." For those of you reading this who are fans of the 101st Airborne Division, the first personnel to head out to the crash and provide care were medics of the 502nd PIR under "Doc" George Lage, who had famously set up an aid station nearby.

Vol 2 will soon be available from the /8

The crash of LJ135 was comfortably the most costly glider crash in the American sector during Operation NEPTUNE, and highlighted the dangers of this method of troop delivery. I would wager this crash alone contributed significantly to the big swing in respect Paratroopers suddenly had for /7

wing and causing it to flip over shortly before it made contact with the ground. It was carrying members of A.Company, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, including their Company CO, 1st Lt. Gayley. In all, fourteen members of A.Co were killed, including Gayley, as well as F/O Mercer, totalling 15. /6

landing killing approximately half of its occupants. The pilots, F/O Richard Mercer and 1st Lt. George Parker, were attempting to land the glider in a field close to the hamlet of Holdy, somewhat southeast of their intended LZ. The glider clipped the top of some trees, severing part of the port /5

simply where they thought it was safe.

We tell the story of the glider pilots of the 53rd Troop Carrier Wing in detail, and of the often harrowing 3 or 4 days many spent in combat in the early stages of the invasion.

One such story we feature is that of Horsa LJ135, which crashed heavily on /4

who landed in Normandy. Telling the story of the Glider landings in Normandy is complex. It is significantly more straight-forward when it comes to MARKET GARDEN and VARSITY. Gliders landed all over the place, and as news filtered back of the fighting around LZ's, many pilots opted to land /3

of which is over 500 pages long. The publisher gave myself and Hans the freedom to stick in whatever we wanted this time, and this it has created what are Book III and IV of the series so far.

This one was a real pleasure to work on as it features for the first time the stories of glider pilots /2

Seconded. And I'm not just saying it because I like Boney.

www.key.aero/article/bomb...

Turns out you may be right! I've never been able to find out a great deal about the man.

I believe he was Hungarian, though I would need to verify that.

I would love to be added if there's still space. Migrating from Twitter and starting from scratch all over again.